Italy Gives Google 18 Months to Comply with User Privacy Regulations

Google has 18 months to change the way it treats user data in Italy in order to meet privacy regulations in the country.

The Italian Data Protection Authority (IDPA), based in Rome, told Google that it has to ask users for their prior consent to use personal data, and clarify that the data is used for profiling and commercial purposes, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

While the IDPA said that Google has made progress in meeting local privacy policies since Italy and other European nations began a joint inquiry into Google’s privacy policies last year, it is still not adequately disclosing to users how their data is being treated.

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